“From models to non-models: exploring new science and new ways to pursue it” Prachee Avasthi, Ph.D. Co-founder and CSO of Arcadia Science Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College
Speakers: Wen Xiao (Black Lab) Matt Krieger (Koehler Lab)
“SeXX differences in B cell development and vaccine-induced antibody responses” Rebecca Ursin, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard University https://ucla.zoom.us/j/94699385359?pwd=c0xvQURuYUtWZVQ4dlFHLzVLbDFaUT09 Host: Art Arnold, arnold@ucla.edu
Speakers: Grant Shoffner (Guo Lab) Carlos Gonzalez-Figueroa (Xiao Lab)
“The dynamic epigenome – challenges and opportunities for health aging and suppression of cancer" Prof. Peter D. Adams Professor and Co-Director Aging, Cancer and Immuno-oncology Program Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
"The ABC of RNA Editing in Trypanosomes" Ruslan Afasizhev, Ph.D. Professor, Molecular & Cell Biology Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine
“Coagulation factor 11 mediates liver- heart crosstalk and protects against heart failure” Jake Lusis, Ph.D. Professor Medicine-Cardiology, Human Genetics, Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics UCLA
“Pathways of Lysosome Dysfunction Across Neurodegenerative Diseases” Shawn Ferguson, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Cell Biology and Neuroscience Yale University
Speakers: Elsie Jacobson (Plath Lab) Alberto Vasquez-Salazar (Chen Lab)
“Chromatin-Associated RNA Decay in Epigenetic Gene Silencing” Danesh Moazed, Ph.D. Professor, Cell Biology HHMI Investigator Harvard Medical School
“Signaling and Metabolic Control of Nucleotide Metabolism” Issam Ben-Sahra, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
